LIFESTYLE Published July 5, 2023 2:30pm EDT
Ben & Jerry’s gets 'Bud Light treatment' after claiming July 4 that US sits on ‘stolen indigenous land'
Bud Light lost billions in a similar boycott call
By Anders Hagstrom FOXBusiness

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Ben & Jerry's customers are calling for a Bud Light-style boycott of the ice cream brand after it blasted the U.S. as existing "on stolen land" this week.

The company's official Twitter account called on customers to commit to "returning" indigenous land and said they should "start with Mount Rushmore." Social media users expressed outrage at the timing of the statement, which landed on Independence Day.
"This 4th of July, it's high time we recognize that the US exists on stolen Indigenous land and commit to returning it," Ben & Jerry's wrote on its Twitter account, linking to a blog post on the topic.

"Ah, the Fourth of July. Who doesn't love a good parade, some tasty barbecue, and a stirring fireworks display?" the company wrote. "The only problem with all that, though, is that it can distract from an essential truth about this nation’s birth: The US was founded on stolen Indigenous land.

CORPORATIONS ARE GOING WOKE, BUT A BACKLASH IS UNDERWAY